This is the 23rd holiday season that Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s volunteer posse will patrol shopping malls in Phoenix and surrounding areas. It’s also among the last events Arpaio will oversee.

The Maricopa County Community College District governing board held a special meeting in Glendale on Monday night to explain plans to consolidate administration of 10 colleges currently under the district umbrella.

Three-and-a-half years after 19 wildland firefighters died protecting Yarnell, a memorial is opening just outside the tiny town. Granite Mountain Hotshots Memorial State Park will be unveiled to the firefighters’ families today, and will open to the general public Wednesday.

The fall of 2009 saw the death of three people outside of Sedona in a sweat-lodge ceremony. James Shore, Liz Neuman and Kirby Brown were overcome by the heat in the lodge, which was run by James Arthur Ray, a motivational speaker and author.

A survey by the National Retail Federation finds 122 million Americans plan to shop this Cyber Monday, that’s a million more than last year. Some of those orders placed through Amazon are being processed in a warehouse in southwest Phoenix.

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